airplane vs helicopter cost

[stranger12]

Hi Guys,

I am at the moment trying to do my ppl for airplane .

while doing this at my school, my attention was caught by the fact that the school also has helicopter training.

I am currently paying £180 per hour for piper or censa 172 but helicopter is around £300 per hour. does anyone know why it is much more expensive to do helicopter while it costs less to buy them .

for instance r22 is around 150k where as cesna is around 270k

also my instructor said I should do my training in low wing air plan such as piper or high wing such as 152 and not 172.

the reason been 172 is way more complicated to land.
i appreciated your input re above.

thanks